Categories: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Your Questions Answered by the NRMC Staff
Our Favorite Recent TA Question — We’ve selected our favorite recent technical assistance question (and our answer) to feature in this and future editions of the Center’s eNews. Q: Do we need a Code of Ethics? A: There is no legal...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
How to Bring the Power of Intuition to the Discipline of Risk Management
In her thought-provoking book, Artistry Unleashed, Hilary Austen lays out a framework for tapping surprise, uncertainty, ambiguity and change to improve personal performance. To a traditionalist, risk management theory and practice seem to be at war with Austen’s invitation to embrace...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Would You Sign a Contract You Have Not Read?
Few days pass when I’m not asked to sign a contract. Whether it’s a form granting permission to record a workshop, or a “click through agreement” I must complete to sit in the exit row on an outbound flight, pages...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Safety in Numbers
As a child I saw the “upside” and “downside” in the number three. Being one of three children increased my odds of finding a sibling compatriot for innocent fun or mischief. If one sister was unavailable, the other could likely...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Webinars
Back to School: Orientation, Education and Training
Nonprofit leaders who seek to integrate risk management into their operations often look far and wide for best practices." Yet the fundamental activities of volunteer, staff and client orientation, in-service training are important components of your risk management strategy. Attend...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Back to School
Across the country countless parents and caregivers have been scrambling in recent weeks to get their young charges ready for another school year. My daughter seems to be one of the few kids returning to school after Labor Day, which...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
The recent, abrupt change in weather this week offered a reminder about the importance of preparation. Yesterday morning I retraced my steps into the house to retrieve a pair of gloves for the drive to the office. I was not...
Topics: General, Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
As Luck Will Have It
August 19, 2015 Dan Ariely's book, Irrationally Yours, is a collection of his "Ask Ariely" columns featured in The Wall Street Journal. I purchased this book at an airport bookstore after learning that a short flight delay was going to...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Art Appreciation in a World of Risk
March 23, 2016 Art Appreciation in a World of Risk Last week I took advantage of an opportunity to combine two of my favorite pastimes: reading and relaxation. While on a short vacation, I read 33 Artists in 3 Acts,...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Are You Too Important to Fail?
Many nonprofit organizations are created for the noble mission of serving others. But sometimes even the most giving organizations find themselves catering to a need that no longer exists. What then? Do you high-five your colleagues, shutter your doors and...
Topics: General